SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Morrow County rodeo winners
The cow riding buckle was
presented to Tate Gentry
by OTPR president, Tanner
Britt. The buckle was spon-
sored by Miller & Sons Dis-
posal Service. -Photo by Juli
Kennedy.
Four-and-five-year-old stick horse race winners were Grady
Henderson, first, Cooper Patterson, second, and Ellie Jean Fen-
nern, third. Trophies were donated by Peterson’s Jewelers and
the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo committee. -Photo by Juli Kennedy
Jessica Lewis receives the
senior barrels bracelet cuff
Team roping winners Devin Robinson and Kolby Currin were from Tanner Britt, OTPR
presented with knives sponsored by Pettyjohn’s and Dick president. The award is spon-
Temple, DVM by OTPR president Tanner Britt. -Photo by sored by Gar Aviation. -Photo
Juli Kennedy.
by Juli Kennedy
Devyn Pottala receives the buckle for peewee barrels from
Mary Knowles on behalf of the Butch and Mary Knowles
Hallee Hisler is presented with the winning buckle for junior family. -Photo by Juli Kennedy
barrels by Mary Knowles. The buckle is sponsored by the Healy
Savanna Greenup was awarded the intermediate barrels
family in memory of William J. Healy. -Photo by Juli Kennedy
buckle, sponsored by Tom and Tricia Sorey and presented by
Tanner Britt, OTPR president. -Photo by Juli Kennedy
Health District receives excellence award
By April Sykes
Morrow County Health
District CEO Bob Houser
announced, at the district’s
regular monthly meeting
in Heppner Monday, that
MCHD has received an
award for excellence from
the Office of Rural Health.
The district was named “top
performer” for 2018. “That
was a very good honor,”
commented Houser.
Also at the meeting
Chief Financial Officer Ni-
cole Mahoney reported that
the recent audit for 2018
“went very well.” “It was a
clean audit,” she said.
The board approved
an expenditure of $16,911
for the purchase of com-
puter servers, equipment
and software, that was not
included in the original bid
from the company, and an-
other $2,750 for electrical
modifications to accom-
modate the new equipment.
The board also ap-
proved $17,000 for the
purchase of an analyzer
for the lab. Houser said the
analyzer is in this year’s
budget but added he had
hoped the district would
not have to purchase one at
this time. He said parts are
no longer available for the
current machine and there-
fore it will not be able to be
repaired further.
Also at the meeting,
Houser reported to the Mor-
row County Health District
Board Monday night that an
interview with a new phy-
sician’s assistant has been
set up for August 30. He
said Dr. Jim Hejmanows-
ki has been covering the
emergency department and
will begin seeing patients at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic in
September.
In other business:
-Mahoney provided the
following financial report
through July: Gross pa-
tient revenue-$1,120,103;
deductions from reve-
nue-$171,942; total oper-
ating revenue-$1,120,087;
total operating expens-
es-$1,199,331; loss for the
month-$28,010.
-Houser said he has
signed a recruitment con-
tract with the firm Ironside
to help recruit a licensed
clinical social worker for
the position at Pioneer Me-
morial Clinic.
-Houser told the board
a paramedic/EMT has been
hired for the district.
-the board had learned
earlier the district is re-
sponding to a HIPPA pri-
vacy breach that occurred
when an employee viewed
numerous patients’ charts
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without cause. A mailing
was sent to patients, inform-
ing them of the breach and
the health district’s HIPPA
expert is in the process of
completing educational
trainings for all employees
and volunteers on the HIP-
PA Privacy Breach policies
and procedures.
-Pioneer Memorial
Hospital reported six admis-
sions for July; five skilled
swing bed admissions, nine
admissions for observation,
one non-skilled swing bed
admission, 565 total outpa-
tients, 88 emergency room
encounters, 1,796 lab tests,
125 x-ray/ultrasound tests,
30 CT scans, six MRI scans,
30 EKG tests, seven lower
endoscopy procedures, 40
respiratory therapy proce-
dures.
-Home Health had 195
nursing visits in July, Hos-
pice had three admissions;
and Pharmacy had 3,473
drug doses for $84,111 in
revenue.
-Pioneer Memorial
Clinic had 381 patient vis-
its for the month of July,
one new patient, 26 seen by
a nurse and 19 no-shows;
Irrigon Medical Clinic had
223 patient visits for the
month, six new patients,
96 seen by a nurse and 33
no-shows; Ione Community
Clinic had 35 patient visits
for the month, two new pa-
tients, four seen by a nurse
and one no-show.
-Heppner Ambulance
had 29 page-outs with 24
transports for $36,537 for
July; Boardman Ambulance
had 38 page-outs with 23
transports for $34,628; Ir-
rigon Ambulance had 39
page-outs with 21 trans-
ports for $46,042; Ione Am-
bulance had four page-outs
with no transports; there
were six life flights.
-For the past fiscal year,
Heppner Ambulance had
314 page-outs with 246
transports; Boardman had
497 page-outs with 283
transports; Irrigon had 299
page-outs with 185 trans-
ports; Ione had 26 page-
outs with five transports;
total-1136 page-outs, 719
transports, 54 life flights.
The knife for open tie-down calf roping, sponsored by Daly
Ranches, was awarded to Garrett Robinson by OTPR president
Tanner Britt along with Mary and Johnny Ashbeck. -Photo by
Juli Kennedy
Community lunch menu
Nazarene/Christian volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, September 4 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be pork chop, corn on the cob, potato salad,
coleslaw with pineapple, green beans, tomatoes and
strawberries for dessert.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Bag sale announced
The Neighborhood
Center’s First Wednesday
bag sale will be held Sept. 4
from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
at 441 N Main St, Heppner.
Brown bags filled with
clothing, shoes, books, CDs
and DVDs will be just $15
during the sale. Additional
bags will receive an addi-
tional $5 discount.
All proceeds from the
sale help to purchase food
for the pantry. The Neigh-
borhood Center will be
closed Monday, Sept. 2 in
observance of Labor Day.
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